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Australia v England |
| England in Australia 1978/79 (4th Test) |
| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th January 1979 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 93 runs |
| Umpires | RC Bailhache, RA French |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 56/1 (Darling 35*, Hughes 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 248/7 (Border 31*, Dymock 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 133/2 (Randall 65*, Gooch 6*) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 304/6 (Miller 16*, Taylor 3*) |
| Man of the Match | DW Randall |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| G Boycott | c Border b Hurst | 8 | 40 | 54 | - | - | |
| *JM Brearley | b Hogg | 17 | 80 | 96 | - | - | |
| DW Randall | c Wood b Hurst | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| GA Gooch | c Toohey b Higgs | 18 | 81 | 102 | 1 | - | |
| DI Gower | c Maclean b Hurst | 7 | 10 | 24 | - | - | |
| IT Botham | c Yallop b Hogg | 59 | 108 | 138 | 7 | - | |
| G Miller | c Maclean b Hurst | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Taylor | c Border b Higgs | 10 | 28 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| JE Emburey | c Wood b Higgs | 0 | 11 | 9 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 7 | 43 | 62 | - | - | |
| M Hendrick | b Hurst | 10 | 24 | 19 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 8 nb, 2 w) | 12 |
| Total | (all out, 281 minutes, 52.6 overs) | 152 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-18 (Boycott), 2-18 (Randall), 3-35 (Brearley), 4-51 (Gower), 5-66 (Gooch), 6-70 (Miller), 7-94 (Taylor), 8-98 (Emburey), 9-141 (Botham), 10-152 (Hendrick, 52.6 ov) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| GM Wood | b Willis | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| WM Darling | c Botham b Miller | 91 | 200 | 276 | 9 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c Emburey b Willis | 48 | 167 | 184 | 6 | - | |
| *GN Yallop | c Botham b Hendrick | 44 | 136 | 141 | 5 | - | |
| PM Toohey | c Gooch b Botham | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| AR Border | not out | 60 | 203 | 245 | 4 | - | |
| +JA Maclean | lbw b Emburey | 12 | 58 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| RM Hogg | run out | 6 | 17 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| G Dymock | b Botham | 5 | 54 | 66 | - | - | |
| JD Higgs | c Botham b Hendrick | 11 | 32 | 40 | - | - | |
| AG Hurst | run out | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 11 nb) | 16 |
| Total | (all out, 530 minutes, 108 overs) | 294 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-1 (Wood), 2-126 (Hughes), 3-178 (Darling), 4-179 (Toohey), 5-210 (Yallop), 6-235 (Maclean), 7-245 (Hogg), 8-276 (Dymock), 9-290 (Higgs), 10-294 (Hurst, 108 ov) |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| G Boycott | lbw b Hogg | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| *JM Brearley | b Border | 53 | 195 | 216 | 2 | - | |
| DW Randall | lbw b Hogg | 150 | 498 | 582 | 13 | - | |
| GA Gooch | c Wood b Higgs | 22 | 98 | 128 | 1 | - | |
| DI Gower | c Maclean b Hogg | 34 | 68 | 98 | 3 | - | |
| IT Botham | c Wood b Higgs | 6 | 88 | 90 | - | - | |
| G Miller | lbw b Hogg | 17 | 80 | 96 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Taylor | not out | 21 | 113 | 110 | 1 | - | |
| JE Emburey | c Darling b Higgs | 14 | 39 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| RGD Willis | c Toohey b Higgs | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| M Hendrick | c Toohey b Higgs | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 14 nb) | 22 |
| Total | (all out, 697 minutes, 146.6 overs) | 346 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-0 (Boycott), 2-111 (Brearley), 3-169 (Gooch), 4-237 (Gower), 5-267 (Botham), 6-292 (Randall), 7-307 (Miller), 8-334 (Emburey), 9-334 (Willis), 10-346 (Hendrick, 146.6 ov) |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| GM Wood | run out | 27 | 64 | 75 | 2 | - | |
| WM Darling | c Gooch b Hendrick | 13 | 37 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c Emburey b Miller | 15 | 40 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| *GN Yallop | c and b Hendrick | 1 | 12 | 8 | - | - | |
| PM Toohey | b Miller | 5 | 50 | 50 | - | - | |
| AR Border | not out | 45 | 115 | 101 | 9 | - | |
| +JA Maclean | c Botham b Miller | 0 | 11 | 7 | - | - | |
| G Dymock | b Emburey | 0 | 12 | 9 | - | - | |
| RM Hogg | c Botham b Emburey | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| JD Higgs | lbw b Emburey | 3 | 29 | 24 | - | - | |
| AG Hurst | b Emburey | 0 | 21 | 20 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 |
| Total | (all out, 211 minutes, 49.2 overs) | 111 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-38 (Darling), 2-44 (Wood), 3-45 (Yallop), 4-59 (Hughes), 5-74 (Toohey), 6-76 (Maclean), 7-85 (Dymock), 8-85 (Hogg), 9-105 (Higgs), 10-111 (Hurst, 49.2 ov) |
Notes
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G Miller (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
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WM Darling (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in Test matches
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AR Border (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Test matches
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DW Randall (2) 100 in 406 minutes
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DW Randall (2) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 100
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AR Border (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 37
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AG Hurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
M Hendrick in the England first innings (previous best was 4-93)
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JD Higgs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
M Hendrick in the England second innings (previous best was 4-91)
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JE Emburey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed
AG Hurst in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-30)
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G Miller reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed
KJ Hughes, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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